Vietnam PM Declares Science and Technology Day
May 21, 2014| |
Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung officially declared May 18 as the country's Science and Technology Day to honor the great contributions of scientists in national revolution, protection, and development. In his remarks, PM Dung emphasized that science and technology must serve as a driving force for the current process of restructuring economic growth towards higher productivity, quality, and competitiveness and further lead to industrialization of the country. PM Dung urged for science and technology development which was adopted as a resolution during the 6th Plenum of the 11th Party Central Committee.
The government leader also emphasized the importance of mobilizing social resources especially from the business circle for strengthening scientific and technological capacity in production and business. He called for renovating the mechanisms of managing science and technology operations and quick promulgation of specific preferential policies for talented scientists, including Vietnamese and foreign scientists and experts residing abroad.
The science and technology market needs to be developed in the direction of formulating organizations which provide technical services, science and technology transfer, consultancy, and evaluation, PM Dung added. He also asked for expanding international cooperation in this field with strategic partners and advanced countries.
For more details, visit http://news.chinhphu.vn/Home/Viet-Nam-Science-and-Technology-Day-declared/20145/2110.vgp.
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